timberland

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The late David Swensen, who earned high returns for Yale University’s endowment by investing in “alternative” assets such as venture capital, timberland, and private-equity buyout funds, popularized the notion of an “illiquidity premium.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Ryan Dezember is based in New York and writes about commodities, including oil, natural gas, cotton, lumber and grains, as well as real assets, such as timberland, energy infrastructure and rental houses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Weyerhaeuser is valued at about $2,000 per acre of its timberland based on its enterprise value of $21 billion, which combines a $16 billion equity market cap with $5 billion of net debt.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Industry groups representing loggers, mills, private timberland owners, biomass energy producers and others claim the designation would lead to heightened wildfire risk.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

In 1941-1942-1943 black walnut crops from trees growing in timberland in competition with other trees were nearly a total failure.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association